Show on map A Perambulation is the periodic marking of estate boundaries by the Lord of the Manor, also known as “Beating the bounds”
The stone carries many of the same dates as the nearby Swarthe Howe Cross.
1752
1774
1799
1885
Show on map Hawsker Cross is thought to date from the 10th century, when a church or chapel may have stood on this site, it is missing the original cross-head.
My snapshot doesn’t do the carvings justice, but they have further worn since these drawing were made about a century ago.
The patterns are said to show strong Scandinavian influences, which would have arrived with the Danes/Vikings in Whitby after 867.